Required Book For Students Entering Grade 6 (Third Form) in September

Required Reader: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown.

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. From Goodreads, When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. Why is she there? Where did she come from? And, most importantly, how will she survive in her harsh surroundings? Roz's only hope is to learn from the island's hostile animal inhabitants. When she tries to care for an orphaned gosling, the other animals finally decide to help, and the island starts to feel like home. Until one day, the robot's mysterious past comes back to haunt her…”

One-Pager
As a way of reflecting on your reading and introducing yourself to us, we would like you to make an illustrated one-pager for two books this summer: one will be for The Wild Robot, and the second will be for a book of your choice from the list. 

Last spring, everyone in Third Form made one-pagers for their March break reading, and we made a slideshow with examples so you can see the different ways people approached it. We were practicing writing summaries, so all of these examples have summaries in them. You don’t need to write a summary, though. 

What is a one-pager? 
It’s a single illustrated page that highlights something interesting or important about a book. 
Use words and pictures. Use color! 

It’s up to you what to highlight, but here are some options: 
  • Make a chart of the plot (the major events in the story)
  • Focus on a particular character or pair of characters
  • Make a chart of interesting vocabulary or historical facts in the book
  • Describe the big ideas the book makes you think about using words and pictures

Parents! This is not an essay! Let your students show their own thinking and creativity!

Choose and read at least 2 other books from the list below, and do a one-pager for one of them.

You may use audiobooks to supplement your reading.


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